BBQ Meatballs with Pepper and Cheese Animal Cut-Outs

Name: BBQ Meatballs with Pepper and Cheese Animal Cut-Outs
Total time: 75
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 slices bread, crusts removed, torn into pieces; ½ cup whole milk; 1 egg, beaten; 1 tablespoon dried parsley; ½ teaspoon salt; ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder; ⅛ teaspoon onion powder; ½ teaspoon dried Italian herb seasoning; ¼ teaspoon sugar; 1 tablespoon freshly grated Parmesan cheese; 1 pound ground beef; ¼ cup grated sweet onion; 1 cup barbecue sauce, plus additional for serving; 1 green bell pepper; 1 orange bell pepper; 1 red bell pepper; 4 (1/4-inch) slices Colby-Monterey Jack cheese; 4 (1/4-inch) slices mild Cheddar cheese; Animal vegetable cutters; 25 4-inch toothpicks

Recipe by got milkR from allrecipes.com

Appetizer,Snack 1 Hr. 15 Mins.

Ingredients

6 servings

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2 slices bread, crusts removed, torn into pieces
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½ cup whole milk
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1 egg, beaten
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1 tablespoon dried parsley
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½ teaspoon salt
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⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
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⅛ teaspoon onion powder
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½ teaspoon dried Italian herb seasoning
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¼ teaspoon sugar
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1 tablespoon freshly grated Parmesan cheese

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1 pound ground beef
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¼ cup grated sweet onion
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1 cup barbecue sauce, plus additional for serving
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1 green bell pepper
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1 orange bell pepper
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1 red bell pepper
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4 (1/4-inch) slices Colby-Monterey Jack cheese
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4 (1/4-inch) slices mild Cheddar cheese
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Animal vegetable cutters
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25 4-inch toothpicks

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Soak pieces of torn bread in the milk in a bowl for 5 minutes. Gently squeeze out milk. Add beaten egg to the soaked bread and mix well.
Mix garlic powder, onion powder, parsley, salt, Italian herb seasoning, sugar, and Parmesan cheese together in a small bowl. Add to bread-egg mixture.
Place ground beef in a mixing bowl. Add seasoning mixture and onions; mix together with a fork. If mixture is too dry, add up to a tablespoon of milk. Roll into 25 meatballs and arrange on rimmed baking sheet.
Bake in preheated oven until browned and cooked through, about 18 minutes.
Drain meatballs on a paper towel. Remove grease from the baking sheet. Transfer meatballs back to the baking sheet. Drizzle 1 cup BBQ sauce over meatballs.
Return sheet to oven and bake 12 more minutes.
Use a small animal vegetable cutter to make animals out of green, orange, and red peppers. Cut animals out of Colby Jack and mild Cheddar cheese.
Drain meatballs on a paper towel and add more BBQ sauce if desired. Add cheese animal cut-out and then animal pepper cut-out to the toothpicks. Work quickly to add toothpick to each meatball.